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As War Looms, New York City Braces for Terror By Jeff McKayCNSNews.com CorrespondentMarch 18, 2003 New York City (CNSNews.com) - Immediately after President Bush's address on Monday preparing the nation for war, the security landscape was immediately beefed up in the New York area, considered a primary target for terrorists. A plan dubbed "Operation Atlas" will be the most visible set of security precautions covering New York City since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. A myriad of security measures will be enacted the minute the first shots are fired in Iraq. These will include bomb-sniffing dogs in New York...

At 11 (or about) they will drop alert from orange to yello

Hazmat on the scene.

A man has been arrested at Gatwick Airport under anti-terrorist laws. It follows the arrest of two men near Heathrow. Gatwick's North Terminal has been closed and its flights suspended. No further details have been released by Sussex Police. Stansted Airport has announced its security is being stepped up.

Morning explosions, combined with high terror alert, cause fears of another attack ------- A series of explosions ignited to demolish old buildings at a Linden, N.J., factory site yesterday morning jerked Staten Island residents out of their beds, generating fears that another terror attack was under way -- and complaints that the city didn't issue a warning. Three buildings on the ISP Environmental Services site at Tremley Point, a hazardous waste disposal facility formerly operated by the General Aniline and Film Chemical Corp., were demolished at 7:30 a.m., said Linden Police Lt. Jim Sarnicki. He said the New York Police...

Governor warns Texans to be vigilant 02/08/2003 The Associated PressAUSTIN — Security at Texas airports, borders and waterways has tightened following the elevated national terror alert, although Gov. Rick Perry says the state is under no specific threat.But the governor urged residents to report any suspicious activity to law enforcement officers immediately."The State Emergency Operations Center already has been activated due to the space shuttle Columbia tragedy and we will notify state agencies, health institutions, schools and others to review their security measures and take appropriate actions to guard against terrorism," Perry said Friday."I encourage Texans to be especially vigilant,"...

PARIS: European countries are quietly stepping up security ahead of one of western Christianity's biggest holidays, as a warning attributed to terror network al-Qaeda threatened attacks on both Christians and Jews. "The strikes of Islam's warriors will continue if God so wills it," said a message attributed to al-Qaeda that appeared Monday on an Islamic web site. "The whole world knows that the war of the Crusaders against Islam and Moslems is doomed to failure. Despite the hopes of Crusaders and Jews, it will never succeed." This year's Christmas holidays are the second since the September 11, 2001 attacks in...

France will double its anti-terrorism security measures during the busy Christmas holiday season, Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said today. The international situation and increased travel required the government to take "all measures of vigilance and prevention to ensure the security of our citizens," Raffarin said in Paris. "The entirety of state services will be mobilised," he added. The French government stepped up a six year anti-terror programme known as Vigipirate immediately after the September 11 attacks last year. Raffarin's centre-right government made its decision after a meeting today, taking into consideration an expected rise in shopping traffic, use of public...

PRIME Minister John Howard will remain "on call" during his summer holidays, but has refused to speculate on the prospect of a Christmas terror offensive. Australia has been placed on heightened security alert after general warnings of possible terrorist action, and the Australian embassy in the Philippines was closed this week after a specific threat against it. Today, Mr Howard said he hoped there would not be a Christmas terror offensive, but refused to comment further on the chances of an attack. "I'm not going to indulge in chance and random predictions, I don't want to depress people," he told...

David Blunkett came under fire today over a blunder which spread unnecessary alarm over the threat of a terror attack on London and the rest of Britain. An inquest was under way at the Home Office into how officials came to release a report in which the Home Secretary claimed that al Qaeda could strike with poison gas or a "dirty" radioactive bomb. ...In London, there are fears that terrorists might be planning an attack on the Tube involving Sarin, the poison gas used by religious fanatics in 1995 on Tokyo subway.

Al-Qaida's favoriteOctober target dates Military intelligence specialist offerspossible imminent terror scenarios Posted: September 30, 20021:00 a.m. Eastern © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com A U.S. military intelligence specialist is warning two significant dates in October are highly likely times for new terror attacks by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network. Christian M. Weber, contributing editor for Soldiers for the Truth, an organization headed by Col. David Hackworth, points out Oct. 2 is the anniversary of the federal court conviction of blind Sheikh Omar Abdel al-Rahman, the spiritual mentor of bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in connection with the first World Trade Center bombing....

A terror alert closed a 20-mile stretch of I-75 (Alligator Alley) at the edge of the Florida Everglades Friday morning. Police stopped two cars after specially trained dogs indicated they sniffed explosives. Live aerial television footage at 7:47 a.m. showed two cars stopped on the highway; and a bomb expert approaching a suitcase lying on the ground, outside the car's trunk. (The explosive experts were still working into the 8 a.m. hour, laying out detonator cord, although they had not blown up anything except for a small backpack or package of some kind.) Fox News reported that a waitress at...

The Bush administration has heightened its color-coded terror alert for Wednesday to orange - the color of flames, as it just so happens. The orange alert (one level higher than the current yellow) will cover a day when scenes of burning buildings are expected to be played over and over again as part of televised "one year later" proceedings. Attorney General John Ashcroft said the U.S. intelligence community has information from a senior level al Qaeda prisoner of car bombings and other attacks planned against American facilities -- mostly overseas -- on the anniversary of last year's major strikes in...

WASHINGTON (AP) - United States security agencies here are on alert to a potential terrorist attack after a man videotaped the Washington Monument, Pentagon and other buildings, it was reported Monday. Officials said, however, they had no specific threats. The alert was issued Wednesday after U.S. intelligence officials obtained a copy of a videotape that contained pictures of the Washington Monument, Pentagon and other buildings, The Washington Times reported, quoting sources that it did not name. The man, whom the paper described as being of Middle Eastern origin, videotaped the buildings and also paced off several distances around the monument,...

<p>"There is growing concern," the department said in a statement. It cautioned Americans to be careful and said "softer targets" may be selected by terrorists because security at U.S. installations has been strengthened.</p>